KDE Project Ships Fourth Translation and Service Release for Leading Free Software Desktop

June 4, 2008 (The INTERNET). The KDE
Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.0.5, the fifth
bugfix and maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful
free desktop. KDE 4.0.5 is the fourth monthly update to KDE 4.0. It
ships with a basic desktop and many other packages; like administration programs, network tools,
educational applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork,
web development tools and more. KDE's award-winning tools and applications are
available in 49 languages.

KDE 4.0.5 comes with several bugfixes and performance improvements.
Most of them are recorded in the
changelog.
KDE continues to release updates for the 4.0 desktop on a monthly basis. KDE 4.1, which will
bring large
improvements to the KDE desktop and application will be released in July this year. A
first Beta is already available for testing.
KDE 4.0.5 stabilises the desktop further, users of previous KDE 4.0 versions are
encouraged to update. Improvements revolve around lots of bugfixes and translation updates.
Corrections have been made in such a way that results in only a minimal risk of
regressions.

Extragear

Since KDE 4.0.0, Extragear applications
are also part of regular KDE releases.
Extragear applications are KDE applications that are mature, but not part
of one of the other KDE packages.

Installing KDE 4.0.5 Binary Packages

Packagers.
Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 4.0.5
for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers
have done so.
Some of these binary packages are available for free download from KDE's http://download.kde.org.
Additional binary packages, as well as updates to the packages now available,
may become available over the coming weeks.

Compiling KDE 4.0.5

Supporting KDE

KDE is a Free Software
community that exists and grows only because of the help of many volunteers that
donate their time and effort. KDE is always looking for new volunteers and
contributions, whether it is help with coding, bug fixing or reporting, writing
documentation, translations, promotion, money, etc. All contributions are
gratefully appreciated and eagerly accepted. Please read through the Supporting KDE page for further information.

About KDE

KDE is an international technology team that creates free
and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among
KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms,
comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of
software titles in many categories including Internet and web
applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and
software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60
languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility
principles in mind. KDE's full-featured applications run natively on
Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X.

Trademark Notices.
KDE® and the K Desktop Environment® logo are
registered trademarks of KDE e.V.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and
other countries.
All other trademarks and copyrights referred to in this announcement are
the property of their respective owners.